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FreeBSD Handbook 2nd Edition

This project is complete. The 2nd Edition FreeBSD Handbook is
available now from The
FreeBSD Mall. The final manuscript is 653 pages, and the
ISBN number is 1571763031. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
Read the full announcement here.

If you've found a typo in the printed version, please send your
fix via send-pr(1) or send it straight to the -doc mailing list.
Thanks!

Task

Responsible

Last updated

Status

Create proposal for Wind River management

Murray

May 17, 2001

Done

Add a section on headless installs

Val

May 11, 2001

Done

Add a section on installing and using XDM

Seth

May 23, 2001

Done

Add section 4.3 on "Using the Packages System".

Chern

June 15, 2001

Done

Fix index generation infrastructure in doc.docbook.mk

Nik

June 19, 2001

Done

Add a section on installing and using XFree86 4.x

Chris Shumway

July 11, 2001

Done

Add a section on installing and using KDE, Gnome, etc.

Val

June, 2001

Done

Add a section about amd

Wylie, Val

May 11, 2001

Done

Add a chapter about configuration and tuning of FreeBSD

Chern, Murray

July 10, 2001

Done

Replace ASCII art with proper figures (17.2.2, 17.6.3, etc..)

Chern

July 11, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapters 1-2

Murray

June 24, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapters 3-4

Val

July 11, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapters 5-6

Val

July 11, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapters 7-8

Val

June 19, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapters 9-10

Murray

June 24, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapters 11-12

Murray

June 30, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapter 13

Val

July 11, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapter 14-15

Murray

June 30, 2001

Done

Add index entries to Chapters 21-22

Val

July 20, 2001

Done

Fix cross-referencing tags to look better in the print
output.

Murray

July 20, 2001

Done

Add a tuneable knob to remove PGP keys in print output

Murray

July 11, 2001

Done

Clear up copyright issues

Nik, Murray, Foundation

August 18, 2001

Done

Enclose author attributions in proper tag

Murray, Chern

August 18, 2001

Done

Standardize spelling of technical terms

Murray, Chern

July 20, 2001

Done

Make sure all filenames, commands, applications, hostnames, etc
are marked up properly

Murray, Chern

July 20, 2001

In Progress

Write collateattributions.pl script to generate a appendix full
of contributing authors.

Chern

August 8, 2001

Done

Fix index entries that show up as ???

Chern

August 6, 2001

Done

Rewrite most of the X11 chapter and get rid of all of Greg
Lehey's original content.